Thank you for the welcome aboard, i see i got the position as a bilge rat...you really start on the very bottom here
I expect that most of you sailors knows what the bilge of a uboat is...
Well i didnt mean to spoil anyones fun when i bashed SH3 a little, what i wrote in my first post is just my opinion when it comes to realism, was refering to the original game without any mods. I agree that the procentage of realism more indicates the level of difficulty. Its very hard to survive and to be a successful captain with 100% settings in SH3, much harder than it was for the real captains. A realism of 120% is a good way to put it, so no need to worry for those of you who runs the game with 40-60%, its still hard enough...and you actually got a chance to complete 16 patrols without finding your grave at the bottom of the Atlantic.
Thanks for reminding me about the mods, i'll check them out.
About convoy shipping, below is a link to a site you might find interesting. It describes every convoy of WWII with all the ships and nationality, the names of the crewmembers and of those who fell victim to enemy attacks. Also the uboats involved in each sinking. Its based on the norwegian merchant fleet, but there is information about every ship in the convoys.
http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/index.html